Hebrew word · H2652

חׇפְנִי

chafeni

Hophni

Appears 5 times in 5 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.1.3;

son of: Eli (H5941);

brother of: Phinehas (H6372H)

§ Hophni = "pugilist"

one of the two sons of Eli who were priests at Shiloh and were noted for their brutality and lust; their sinfulness provoked a curse against their father's house and were judged by the Lord when they took the ark into battle; the ark was lost and both brothers were killed and Eli died when he heard the news

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Similar words

Where it appears

1 Samuel · 5

  1. 1 Samuel 1:3 חָפְנִי֙ Hophni

    Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.

    Here: Hophni, Eli's son. The name is probably of Egyptian origin, though its exact meaning is uncertain.

  2. 1 Samuel 2:34 חָפְנִ֖י Hophni

    And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.

  3. 1 Samuel 4:4 חָפְנִ֖י Hophni

    So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

    Here: Eli's elder son. The name is probably Egyptian, though its meaning is uncertain. He is named last in the sentence, held back for effect.

  4. 1 Samuel 4:11 חָפְנִ֖י Hophni

    The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

  5. 1 Samuel 4:17 חָפְנִי֙ Hophni

    The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.